200 houses have been earmarked for demolition to make way for Nigeria’s Presidential fleet. This follows a request from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, disclosed this…
Named after the late Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr Samuel Folorunsho Ibiyemi, the Folorunsho Editor’s Poetry Prize follows in the tradition of upholding and supporting poetry in Nigeria through its Poetry Column. ELIGIBILITY Only poets published in the Poetry Column…
The Telecommunications Operators in Nigeria announced February 28, 2024 as the deadline to disconnect Subscriber Identification Modules, SIMs not connected to the National Identity Number. Gbenga Adebayo, Nigeria’s Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators, confirmed this to newsmen exclusively on Tuesday.…
The Police Command in Osun says the ban on street carnival and use of fireworks during the yuletide is still in force in the state. A statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday in Osogbo, said that…
Pope Francis on Tuesday signed a decree that forbids Priests or Bishops from blessing same-sex marriages in Roman Catholic Churches. The Oyo State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, made the disclosure in an interview with the…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission, NDPC, has issued a Code of Conduct for Data Protection Compliance Organisations, DPCOs, in the country. The National Commissioner of NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said this is in line with the commission’s enforcement drive in…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to set a date to conduct fresh elections to fill 25 vacancies in the Rivers State House of Assembly. PDP said its demand was in line…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has claimed that Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara did not sign the peace agreement brokered by President Bola Tinubu. There were reports that Fubara and Federal Capital Territory,…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit praying the court to compel the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to investigate and prosecute Mr Peter Obi over allegations bordering on asset declaration breach. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in…
Gov, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the inauguration of Ikeja Overpass bridge will boost business and reduce traffic along Ikeja and Agege areas of Lagos. Sanwo-Olu spoke during the official inauguration of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line…
